Rohit Sharma’s stint as India’s T20I skipper was a memorable one. He overtook Dhoni as the most successful T20I captain with 49 wins in 62 matches. Dhoni had 41 victories from 72 games.

Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri places the two on equal footing, calling Rohit ‘one of the best captains ever alongside Dhoni’ with both showing great tactical acumen in white-ball cricket.

“As a tactician, let’s not forget that he’s been an outstanding guy. He’ll go down as one of the best captains ever alongside Dhoni,” Shastri said on the latest episode of The ICC Review.

“If you ask me who’s better, I’d say both are on par when it comes to tactics in the white-ball game. I can’t pay a bigger compliment to Rohit than that because you know what MS has done and the titles he has won.”

Rohit captained India to their first T20 World Cup title since 2007 in Barbados in June, where India were unbeaten in the whole campaign. They won eight out of their nine matches with one ending without a result.

“Rohit is not far behind and I thought tactically he was just outstanding in this year’s (T20) World Cup,” Shastri continued. “Just the calmness, the ability to get a (Jasprit) Bumrah or a (Hardik) Pandya, or even an Axar Patel at just the right time when needed was great to see.”

India produced a strong comeback in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa, defending 30 runs in 30 balls with the Proteas still having six wickets in hand.

Bumrah’s two tight overs, Pandya’s important wickets, and Suryakumar Yadav’s sensational catch of David Miller all orchestrated under Rohit’s captaincy secured them their second title.

Shastri was all praise for Rohit, the batter too, who signs off from T20 Internationals leaving a big void behind.